John 15:1

‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower.

Open English Bible (UK)

In The King James Version

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

In Context

2Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, so that it may bear more fruit.

Read all of John 15

Cross References

Genesis 49:10The sceptre will not pass from Judah, nor the royal staff from between his feet, and to him is due the obedience of the people.

Matthew Henry on John 15:1

It is generally agreed that Christ's discourse in this and the next chapter was at the close of the last supper, the night in which he was betrayed, and it is a continued discourse, not interrupted as that in the foregoing chapter was; and what he chooses to discourse of is very pertinent to the present sad occasion of a farewell sermon. Now that he was about to leave them, I. They would be tempted to leave him, and return to Moses again; and therefore he tells them how necessary it was that they should by faith… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study John 15:1